Violence leaves at least 17 dead in Syrian city, doctor says
By the CNN Wire Staff
April 8, 2011 -- Updated 1620 GMT (0020 HKT)
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
* He says security forces fired on protesters in Daraa after Friday prayers
* State media: Gunmen fired into a crowd, killing a security official and
wounding dozens
* Human rights activist says protests and violence were reported in other
Syrian towns
RELATED TOPICS
* Syria
* Civil Unrest
(CNN) -- At least 17 people have died after security forces in Daraa, Syria,
fired on protesters who gathered after Friday prayers, according to a doctor at
the scene.
He said that at least 310 people had been injured as security forces are
blocking doctors from getting to the city's main hospital to tend to the
wounded. Gunfire could be heard in the background as he spoke.
But the country's state news agency, SANA, reported that unnamed gunmen fired
into the crowd, killing one security official and wounding dozens more.
The agency says the gunmen also fired on an ambulance while it was transporting
the injured to a nearby hospital, killing the driver of the vehicle.
The agency says that state television broadcast images of the gunmen firing
into crowds in Daraa.
Security forces are also arresting protesters, said Wissam Tarif, a human
rights activist outside Damascus who had received reports about the unfolding
violence
CNN could not independently confirm the accounts.
The violence began after thousands of people poured out of mosques around the
city and headed for the main square in Daraa, according to the doctor tending
to the wounded.
The protesters were chanting for greater political freedom and the release of
political prisoners, according to a human rights activist in Daraa who agreed
to be identified only by his first name, Mohamad.
Security forces surrounding the square fired on protesters before they reached
the square, the doctor said.
Protests and violence were also reported Friday in Nawa Province, Al Hirak,
Inkhel, Jasem City, Al Sanameen and other towns, according to Mohamad, the
human rights activist.
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